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STATEMENT 



TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE 



WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC 
INSTITUTE 



Bv- G. G. WASHBURN 



OGTOBER 15, 1908 



STATEMENT 



TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE 



WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC 
INSTITUTE 



By C. G. WASHBURN 



OCTOBER 15, 1908 



WORCESTER, MASS. 

THE COMMONWEALTH PRESS 

50 Foster Street 

1908 



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October 12, 1908. 
To the Trustees of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 

The Treasurer's report for the year ending April 30, 1908, 
has been placed in your hands, from which it appears that the 
combined income of the School and Shop was $164,275 and 
the combined expenditure $180,726, showing a deficit of 
$16,451. These figures do not include anything but cash re- 
ceipts and disbursements and it is obvious that the fact that 
part of the deficit is attributable to investment in equipment 
does not make less serious the condition, because it is essen- 
tial that our cash receipts should at least equal our cash dis- 
bursements. Of this deficit of $16,451, $10,210 has been in- 
vested in equipment. Since the establishment of the school 
and exclusive of the equipment of The Washburn Shops, equip- 
ment has been supplied out of the current income of the school 
which had an inventory value January 1, 1908, of $224,216.83. 
During the fifteen fiscal years ending April 30, 1908, there has 
been a surplus in the years 1894, 1896 and 1897. In all the 
other years there has been a deficit and the average amount of 
the deficit has been about $14,000. 

The financial condition of the Institute has been a cause 
of anxiety for some years. For example: in my report as 
Treasurer of April 30, 1904, I called attention to the fact that 
for five years ending April 30, 1904, the average annual deficit 
had been $15,997, and that for some time the Trustees had 
been considering in what way our revenues could be increased. 
Something has been accomplished in this direction by the in- 
crease by the Legislature of 1905 in the annual payment to 
cover forty free State scholarships from $6,000 to $10,000. 

Dr. Engler, on April 29, 1905, made a very full report to 
the Trustees, which was printed under date of May 6th, 1905, 
in which he took the position that if we had $300,000 to expend 
it would be much wiser to expend it in enlarging our facilities 



than in investing it in securities and increasing our income by 
say, $12,000 a year, the general theory being that the cost per 
student decreases as the number of students increases up to a 
certain number which gives the maximum of economy, and 
that with an attendance of 650, the Institute would be self- 
sustaining upon the then present endowment, and that with an 
attendance of 825 the tuitions alone would support the Institute. 
He estimated that the attendance would probably be 390 in 
1905-6 and 450 in 1906-7. We did not have the funds at that 
time to warrant us in acting upon Dr. Engler's recommenda- 
tions. 

At the June 3, 1905, meeting Mr. Salisbury announced his 
intention to resign as President, and also his desire to place 
$100,000 at the disposal of the Trustees. This $100,000 we 
said at the time would enable us to return the $81,000 we had 
borrowed from principal, and the $20,000 we had expended for 
equipment, and to start square with the world. 

Mr. Salisbury died Nov. 16, 1905, and his wall contained a 
bequest of $200,000. This, in addition to the gift of $100,000, 
placed $300,000 at our disposal, and under date of November 
29, 1905, the Trustees, through the Executive Committee, 
authorized the expenditure for a new building and equipment 
in addition to that already made. We also put motors in The 
Washburn Shops and the Mechanical Laboratory at an expendi- 
ture of $3,000, and June 9, 1906, made a special appropriation 
of $2,500 for new apparatus on the first floor of the Laboratory. 

In my Treasurer's report of April 29, 1905, I called atten- 
tion to the fact that we had raised to pay running expenses in 
addition to our current income the sum of $81,552 from the 
following sources: 



Securities sold. 


$28,802 


Notes outstanding. 


49,000 


Loan from principal. 


3,750 




$81,552 


To this should be added deficit for year ending 




April 30, 1906, 


$4,032 


April 30, 1907, 


17,037 


April 30, 1908, 


16,451 


Total deficit to " " " 


$119,072 



To meet this deficit and to cover the cost of erecting and 
equipping the new Electrical Engineering Laboratory with at- 
tendant changes in the Chemical Laboratory and the Power 
House which cost $218,473, more or less, we have had Mr. 
Salisbury's gift of $100,000 and the legacy of $200,000,— 
$300,000 in all to cover a deficit and expenditures of $337,545, 
so that including other items our resources are impaired by 
our various operations, as of April 30, 1908, to the amount of 
$53,642. See page 17, Treasurer's 1908 report. 

Referring now to the matter of attendance, I would remind 
the Trustees that Dr. Engler, in his printed report, made certain 
estimates which have been extended to 1910"11. I give below 
the estimated attendance and the actual attendance, together 
with the quotation from Dr. Engler's letter to me of August 
24th, 1908, in regard to the matter. 

"From this it appears that the attendance will be approxi- 
mately as shown in the first column following. The actual 
attendance to date is given in the second column. 





Estimated 


Actual 


1905-'06 


390 


388 


1906-'07 


450 


437 


1907-'08 




465 


1908-'09 


520 


487 


1909-'10 


600 




1910-'ll 


650 





"For the year 1905-'06, the approach of the actual to the esti- 
mated attendance is so close that no explanation is needed. 
For the year 1906-'07, 1 think that there is no doubt that the failure 
to reach the estimate is largely due to our tardiness in provid- 
ing increased facilities. For the year 1907-8, the attendance 
would undoubtedly have reached 500 or thereabouts (although 
no prediction was made in my statement of April 29th, 1905), 
had we not increased our entrance requirements by requiring 
an amount of preparation which represents two additional years 
in the preparatory school, and this went into effect for the first 
time for the year 1906-'07. This, you will recall, was done 
under pressure, in order to meet the requirements for the Car- 
negie Foundation for the Advancement for Teaching, and done 



deliberately, although it was well recognized that it would 
tend to check for a time the rate of increase. 

"If further additional facilities, such as gymnasium, audito- 
rium, etc., can be supplied in the near future, I think there is no 
doubt that we shall reach an attendance of 650, by the year 
1910-'ll, as shown above. 

"It is, of course, to be understood, that these curves are drawn 
on the supposition that facilities will be provided as they are 
needed. If this is not done, so rapid a growth as shown cannot 
be expected." 

The cost of instruction, including the cost of the office, has 
increased from $50,700, in 1903-4, to $69,194, in 1907-8. The 
following table will show the figures in detail. The salaries 
of the four Shop instructors are not included in this table. 
During this time the number of students has increased from 
272 to 465, and the amount of tuitions received, excluding the 
grant from the State, from $26,470 to $61,043. 

Cost of Instruction, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 



Department, 


1903-04. 


1904-05. 


1905-06. 


1906-07. 


1907-08. 


Office, 


$7,100 


$7,100 


$7,100 


$8,144 


$8,144 


Mathematics, 


5,000 


5,000 


5,750 


5,750 


6,375 


Chemistry, 


7,700 


8,700 


8,700 


8,900 


9,300 


Economics and Politi- 












cal Science, 


2,000 


2,000 


2,000 


2,000 


2,500 


Language, 


3,500 


3,500 


3,500 


3,500 


4,375 


Electrical Engineering 


, 5,200 


6,700 


8,900 


8,910 


11,200 


Civil Engineering, 


3,300 


4,300 


4,300 


5,100 


5,800 


Physics, 


3,700 


4,400 


4,400 


5,500 


5,500 


Mechanical, Engineer- 












ing, 


12,600 


12,800 


13,000 


15,400 


15,400 


Library, 


600 


600 


600 


600 


600 



Total, $50,700 $55,100 $58,250 $63,804 $69,194 

In reviewing the financial history of the Institute, two facts 
are very striking : the first, that the endowment should have in- 
creased so little ; and the second, that so few individuals should 
have contributed to the resources of the school. It would 
seem as if an institution of this sort would be sympathetically 
regarded by a large number of people in a manufacturing com- 
munity like this. The lack of a large number of contributors, 
I think may, in part, be explained by the fact that the Institute 



has been regarded as one of Mr. Salisbury's peculiar charges, 
and the feeling has been widely held that he would provide all 
the funds necessary for the development of the school. That 
he and his father did much for the Institute, is a fact that we 
all recognize, and we should also recognize the fact, and the 
community must be brought to realize, that nothing further 
from that source can be received, and an effort should be made 
to bring the needs of the Institute to the attention of the public 
spirited business men of Worcester. 

Our income from invested funds in 1873, was $27,540, the 
largest amount received from this source in any year. In 1901 
the income from invested funds, was $27,466. So that it is 
quite vv^ithin the truth to say, that for a period of thirty years 
the income from invested funds has remained stationary. I do 
not make the comparison with the four earlier years of the 
history of the Institute, because of the fact that the endowment 
funds were not then thoroughly established. 

In marked contrast with the income from invested funds, is 
the income from tuitions, which, beginning with $120 in 1869, 
only amounted to $5,269, in 1890. From 1872 to 1876, inclu- 
sive, tuitions averaged about $1,500 a year, while in the eight- 
een years since 1890, income from tuitions has increased from 
$5,269 to $61,043, it is therefore apparent that the increasing 
needs of the school have been met exclusively out of tuitions, 
supplemented by state aid, which, as appears in another part 
of this communication, now amounts to $10,000 annually. It 
should be added here by way of explanation that September 
16, 1868, the tuition was fixed at $60.00 per year, and no resi- 
dent of Worcester County paid any tuition. In 1871, the tuition 
was increased to $100 per year, 1880 to $150, where it now 
remains, with a laboratory fee of $10.00 in addition. 

By vote of April 20, 1889, free tuition to students of Wor- 
cester County was limited to the income from the Boynton fund 
of $100,000. 

The estimated attendance of 520 in 1908-09, has not been 
realized, the actual attendance as of September 24, 1908, being 
482. This falling o& is attributed by Dr. Engler, to hard 
times. Based on this attendance, the probable deficit in the 
Academic department for the year ending April 30, 1909, will be 
about $13,500. In this estimate The Washburn Shops account 



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has not been considered, and, of course, it is impossible now 
to say, whether, or not, our collections will equal our expendi- 
tures, but for the four months, May to August, inclusive, in the 
present fiscal year, the Shop expenditures have exceeded the 
Shop collections, by the amount of $5,241. It is true that this 
has been a time of great business depression, and these are the 
less active business months of the year ; but, assuming that 
the deficit in the Shop should be no greater, it would make 
our total deficit in both departments, for the year ending April 
30, 1909, in the vicinity of $18,500. 

If our estimated attendance of 650 should be reached in 
1910-11, which we have regarded as the self-sustaining number 
of students, we should reach that point in the following finan- 
cial condition. 

Impairment of Resources to April 30, 1908, $53,642 

Estimated deficit, 1908-9, 18,500 

Estimated deficit, 1909-10, 18,500 



$90,642 



That is to say, we shall reach the self-sustaining period with 
a deficit amounting, in round numbers, to $90,000, and in the 
event that we should be disappointed in our expectations, and 
the self-sustaining period should not be reached so soon, our 
financial condition would, of course, be still less favorable. It 
should also be borne in mind that we must expect some in- 
crease in salaries from year to year, some extraordinary expen- 
ditures which cannot be foreseen, and it would occur to any 
prudent person that the forecast I am making is probably more 
favorable than the facts, when they are ascertained, will warrant. 

All this points to the immediate necessity of increasing our 
endow^ment by not less than $500,000. Just how this can be 
accomplished I am not prepared to say, and it is a matter that 
will require careful consideration. 

The fact is that the Institute has developed far beyond the 
plan of its founders, and has ceased to be, almost exclusively, 
a local institution. Whereas in 1870-1 a little over 6% of the 
students were from outside of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts, in 1907-8 the percentage has increased to nearly 30%. 
These figures would appear to warrant us in going outside of 



the Commonwealth in an attempt to increase our endowment. 
In this connection I desire again to call the attention of the 
Trustees to a copy of letter from Dr. Engler, dated October 1, 
1907, in regard to the future of the Institute. This letter was 
laid before the Trustees at the October, 1907, meeting, but no 
action has ever been taken thereon, and I print it herewith. I 
also append hereto a statement of the value of the property of 
the Institute of April 30, 1908, and from what sources it has 
been received, also a statement showing the income and ex- 
penditures of the school each year since its foundation and a 
similar statement for the Shop, and a statement showing what 
we have contributed to the Commonweath of Massachusetts in 
the excess over our receipts in grants of the actual cost of ed- 
ucating the students. 

CHARLES G. WASHBURN, 

President, 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
Office of the President 

Worcester, Mass., 

Oct. 1, 1907. 
Mr. Charles G. Washburn, 

President, Board of Trustees, 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 
Worcester, Mass. 
Dear Mr. Washburn, (Copy) 

As you are doubtless aware, the courses of study at the 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in common with the courses 
of study at other similar institutions, have from the beginning 
been going through a process of evolution, which process has 
perhaps been more rapid and more significant during recent 
years than earlier. 

The general trend of this evolution has been one of con- 
tinuous advance from the grade of a school slightly, if at all 
in advance of the existing High School, to the present grade 
of an engineering school of the first rank. 

We have recently, as you know, raised our entrance re- 
quirements until now they are as high and as severe as those 



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of any engineering school in the country. The courses of 
study in the Institute have been enlarged and enriched during 
the course of years, until now our graduates stand on a par 
with the graduates of the best technical schools in the United 
States. 

It seems to me that the time has come to consider the 
future, and that it is very desirable that we should take a long 
look ahead, in order to direct the course of the subsequent 
evolution in those channels which will prove to be the best for 
the development of the institution as well as for the future of 
technical education in the United States. 

Until now we have attempted, as every other engineering 
school in the country has attempted, to give in four years' time 
the essentials (whatever that may mean) of a so-called liberal 
education and at the same time the foundations, at least, of 
technical training in the particular line in which the student de- 
sires to specialize. We are well aware that this attempt has 
been at best only partially successful in the case of most in- 
dividual students, and wholly successful in only very few cases. 
Yet the necessities of the situation have compelled all techni- 
cal schools to adopt some general method. It has been here- 
tofore, and is now, found impossible to give the necessary 
preparation for a strictly technical training in any of the pre- 
paratory schools which have existed in the country, thus plac- 
ing upon the technical schools the burden of supplying such 
deficiencies in general education as appear in the student's 
training when he comes from the preparatory school, and at 
the same time enable him to enter upon his profession with a 
sound and sufficiently broad technical training to enable him 
to meet commercial competition. 

In the meantime the demands upon the technicall}' trained 
man have been growing at a rapid rate on account of the great 
and various advances which have been made in the application 
of scientific knowledge to the everyday demands of civilized 
life. Specialization in the various lines has become a neces- 
sity, and special knowledge and training are demanded in many 
fields where formerly no training was obtainable or necessary. 
The general tendency has been, and is now, more evidently than 
ever before, to demand that the engineer in any line shall be a 
strictly professional and professionally trained man, in the same 



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sense that the lawyer or the physician is a professionally trained 
man. The response of the technical schools to this demand has 
until now consisted in the enlargement and enrichment of the 
courses of study, but there is already clear indication that in the 
very near future the engineering- courses must be made strictly 
professional if the demands of the times are to be met by the 
schools. The school which first announces that its engineer- 
ing courses are to be strictly professional, and provides the 
necessary instruction and facilities to make them so, will 
thereby at once secure a prestige which could not be secured 
in any other way, and would be recognized as a leader in tech- 
nical education. Such projects are already under considera- 
tion in some of the great Universities which have technical 
departments, and some others which have no technical depart- 
ments are contemplating the inauguration of strictly profes- 
sional engineering departments. 

It will be necessary for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
to decide in the not very distant future whether its develop- 
ment shall proceed in the direction above indicated, or whether 
we shall remain as we now are and leave the advance which I 
have indicated for other institutions to take. 

The Institute is in a position to place itself upon a strictly 
professional basis for its courses without any serious change 
in its present methods, or any great derangement of its courses. 
As you know, until recently the students were required to 
decide which course they would choose when they entered the 
Freshman Class ; but in recent years the Freshman course has 
been made common to all students and they are not required 
to choose their course of study until the end of the Freshman 
Year. It would be easily possible to arrange a suitable course 
of study, which should be common to all students during the 
first two years, and which would include all subjects of a gen- 
eral and fundamental character, such as General Chemistry, 
Physics, Mathematics, Languages, and the like, and which 
would give adequate preparation for any of the technical 
courses to be pursued later. This plan is already in operation 
in some of the engineering schools. If this were done the 
third and fourth years could be devoted more strictly than they 
are now to professional work, and would enable us to register 
more conveniently and with less irregularity than at present 



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advanced students from other engineering schools and from 
colleges giving general courses, like Amherst, Williams, Bates, 
Bowdoin, etc., and from industrial schools which are devel- 
oping in Massachusetts and elsewhere. 

Looking still further ahead, it may become desirable in 
the future, at such time as increased general registration and 
increased registration of graduate students under the operation 
of the step already outlined and the necessary financial support 
will justify such action, to abolish the granting of the Bachelor 
of Science Degree at the end of four years and to grant the 
Engineering Degrees at the end of a three years' professional 
course, for which professional course we would prepare our 
own men by the two preparatory years, and to which graduates 
of general colleges and others of corresponding attainment 
could be admitted without difficulties. 

It seems to be only a question of time when the Institute 
will be compelled to place itself upon the general basis out- 
lined above or consent to take second place in the rank of 
engineering schools. 

My object to calling attention to this matter now is not 
that any decisive action should be taken at present, but to as- 
certain, if possible, whether it is considered good policy for the 
Institute to proceed in the development which has already 
begun, or whether it is to be checked in its natural develop- 
ment and leave the higher field to other schools. 

I consider it highly important that any changes in the 
courses of study w^hich may be made in the near future, for 
some of which no doubt suggestions will come from faculty 
action very soon, should be made in accordance with a well- 
defined general plan rather than for expediency to meet emer- 
gencies. In any case the changes which would be necessary to 
accomplish the result outlined above, must be gradual, and I 
think the transition from our present status to that of a 
strictly professional school could be made in the course of a 
few years without causing any special commotion. We are in 
as good a position to make this change as any institution in 
the country with which I am acquainted. 
Yours very truly, 

(Signed) EDMUND A. ENGLER, 

President' 



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Value of property, real and personal, $1,325,867.85 

of which the Commonwealth has contributed 200,000.00 
and individuals resident in the 

County and City of Worcester 1,125,867.85 

Net amount of income producing funds 596,456.85 

Invested in real estate and equipment 729,411.00 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Heretofore Made by Commonwealth. 

1869. $ 50,000 upon condition that twenty free scholarships 

should be maintained. This sum was expended 

upon the plant. 

1886. $ 50,000 without condition, which has been made a part 

of the endowment known as the "State Fund." 

1894. $100,000 paid one-half in 1894, the other half in 1895 ; 

expended on buildings and equipment. 
1896. An annual payment of $3,000 from September 1, 1896, 
conditioned upon forty free scholarships, includ- 
ing those provided for in the appropriation of 
1869. 
1899. An annual payment of $6,000 (in place of $3,000) from 
September 1, 1899, to cover the forty free 
scholarships provided for in the Act of 1896. 
1905. An annual payment of $10,000 (in place of $6,000) from 
September 1, 1905, to cover forty free scholar- 
ships. 
The only aid now being received by the Institute from the 
Commonwealth is the annual payment of $10,000 to cover the 
forty free scholarships which are maintained at an annual ex- 
pense approximating $12,000. 



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Academic Department. 



Year 


















ending 


From 


From In- 


Amounting Total 


Expen- 


Equip- 






June 1 


tuitions 


vested funds to 


income 


ditures 


ment 


Surplus 


Deficit 


1869 


$ 120 


$ 7,645 


$ 7,765 


$ 9,264 


$14,504 






$ 5240 


1870 


411 


14,376 


14,787 


65,287a 


19,439 




$45, 848a 




1871 


794 


19,173 


19,967 


20,484 


17,739 




2,745 




1872 


1,776 


20,293 


22,069 


22,331 


21,066 




1,265 




1873 


1,250 


27,540 


28,790 


30,099 


25,321 




4,778 




1874 


1,625 


25,043 


26,668 


26,747 


26,117 




630 




1875 


1,300 


24,840 


26,140 


26,149 


28,024 






1,875 


1876 


1,950 


23,885 


25,835 


25,934 


3Q,768 






4,834 


1877 


1,800 


22,055 


23,855 


27,355b 


31,302 






3,947 


1878 


1,400 


21,301 


22,701 


24,701b 


26 432 






1,731 


1879 


1,400 


19,795 


21,195 


21,195c 


31,841 






10,646 


April 30 


, 
















1880 . 


700 


19,494 


20,194 


24,194 


22,794 




1,400 




1881 


2,720 


18,890 


21,610 


22,768 


22,788 






20 


1882 


3,675 


19,989 


23,664 


34,664d 


25,967 




8,697 




1883 


3,000 


18,580 


21,580 


21,580 


22,584 






1,004 


1884 


6,535 


19,576 


26,111 


29,627e 


28,148 




1,479 




1885 


5,638 


21,604 


27,242 


28,011 


29,774 






1,763 


1886 


6,005 


23,194 


29,199 


29,829 


30,487 






658 


1887 


5,298 


24,298 


29,596 


30,446 


30,658 






212 


1888 


6,193 


26,131 


32,324 


32,965 


31,601 




1,364 




1889 


5,487 


25,381 


30,868 


31,238 


31,169 




69 




1890 


5,269 


24,963 


30,232 


30,938 


35,128 






4,190 


1891 


12,357 


24,364 


36,721 


37,441 


37,040 




401 




1892 


16,129 


24,847 


40,966 


42,424 


41,658 




766 




1893 


23,935 


25,103 


49,038 


50,319 


48,114 




2,205 




1894 


28,464 


25,329 


53,793 


56,150 


52,219 




3,931 




1895 


•24,201 


24,637 


48.838 


49,454 


54,960 






5,506 


1896 


23,504 


24,512 


48,016 


48,958 


56,560 






7,602 


1897 


23,767 


25,625 


49,392 


54,795 


59,916 






5,121 


1898 


22,742 


24,624 


47,366 


51,776 


63,615 






11,839 


1899 


25,632 


27,158 


52,790 


57,629 


60,214 


$ 1,688 




2,585 


1900 


28,050 


25,876 


53,926 


61,853 


58,262 


7,201 


3,591 




1901 


28,360 


27,466 


55,826 


63,386 


61,988 


4,672 


1,398 




1902 


28,787 


26,766 


55,553 


63,235 


67,936 


7,750 




4,701 


1903 


24,500 


24,621 


49,121 


58,451 


73,892 


5,467 




15,441 


1904 


26,470 


24,203 


50,673 


62,029 


73,264 


5,720 




11,235 


1905 


36,739 


24,139 


60,878 


71,413 


77,087 


6,177 




5,674 


1906 


43,770 


25,573 


69,343 


82,563 


90,*345 


4,482 




7.782 


1907 


53,372 


24,807 


78,179 


89,594 


114,275 


15,555 




24,681 


1908 


61,043 


25,017 


86,060 


99,817 


120,331 


10,219 




20,514 



$596,168 $922,703 $1,518,871 $1,717,093 $1,795,327 $68,931 $80,567 $158,801 

a. State Appropriation, $50,000. b. Gift of Mr. Knowltou, $2,000. c. Gifts, $4,000. 
d. Gifts, $11,000. e. Gifts from trustees and others, $3,507. 



15 



The Washburn Shops. 





Tuitions 


Income Collections 


Total 
Receipts 


Expen- 
ditures 


Cash 
Balance 


Surplus 


Deficit 


1870 








$ 14,032 


$ 13,826 


$ 206 


$ 206 




1871 




$ 4,070 


$ 4,964 


17,354 


13,991 


3,563 


3,363 




1872 




5,718 


14,224 


19,942 


22,273 


1,232 




2,331 


1873 


$450 


2,408 


11,438 


19,788x 


20,022 


998 




234 


1874 


400 


3,500 


10,274 


15,785y 


16,782 






997 


1875 


200 


3,500 


16,751 


20,451 


20,082z 


369 


369 




1876 


SO 


3,450 


12,179 


15,675 


17.046 


-l,002n 




1,371 


1877 


350 


3,300 


16,909 


20,559 


19,389 


168 


1,170 




1878 


250 


3,300 


19,297 


22,847 


19,089 


3,926 


3,758 




1879 


200 


3,300 


14,010 


17,510 


15,751 


5,684 


1,759 




1880 


375 


3,300 


4,749 


8,424 


7,741 


5,620 


683 




1881 




3,066 


21,321 


24,387 


22,244 


6,823 


2,143 




1882 




2,283 


23,832 


26,116 


27,430 


5,508 




1,314 


1883 




2,550 


33,164 


35,714 


37,843 


3,379 




2,129 


1884 


825 


2,601 


17,806 


22,137 


23,293 


2,258 




1.156 


1885 


1,200 


2,458 


16,540 


20,383 


20,998 


1,643 




615 


1886 


825 


2,551 


18,418 


21,793 


22.652 


784 




859 


1887 


675 


2,588 


21,864 


25,127 


24.509 


1,402 


618 




1888 


750 


2,927 


29,568 


38,246b 


35.096 


4.552 


3,150 




1889 


375 


3,016 


29,565 


32,956 


31,919 


5,590 


1,037 




1890 


2,550 


3,067 


31,220 


36,838 


40,909 


1,519 




4,071 


1891 


1,575 


2,907 


47.362 


54,844c 


52,553 


3,810 


2,291 




1892 


4,070 


2,850 


68,987 


79,907d 


79,843 


3.874 


64 




1893 


4,575 


2,625 


81,327 


88,528 


81,303 


11.099 


7,225 




1894 


3.000 


2,896 


78,612 


84,508 


74,722 


20.885 


9,786 




1895 


3,000 


2,666 


76,997 


82,663 


86,986 


1,562 




4,323 


1896 


3,000 


2,468 


109,028 


114,496 


102,780 


13,278 


11,716 




1897 


3,000 


2,857 


72,855 


78,712 


51,480 


26,004 


27,232 




1898 


3,000 


2,439 


20,802 


26,241 


30,910 


20,835 




4,669 


1899 


3,000 


2,030 


27,509 


32,539 


32,386 


20,987 


153 




1900 


3,000 


2,902 


30,922 


36,824 


38,686 


19,126 




1,862 


1901 


3,000 


3,015 


28,148 


34,163 


35,670 


17,618 




1.507 


1902 


3,000 


2,892 


23,680 


29,572 


38,158 


9,032 




8.586 


1903 


3,000 


2,791 


31,895 


37,685 


40,745 


5,973 




3.060 


1904 


3,000 


2,213 


32,608 


37,821 


45,595 






7.774 


1905 


3,000 


2,510 


49,375 


54,885 


54,794 


91 


91 




1906 


3,000 


2,523 


45,070 


50,593 


50,546 




47 




1907 


5,000 


2,257 


67,170 


74,427 


71,900 


65 


2,527 




1908 


5,000 
$68,695 


2,267 57,091 64,458 
$114,051 $1,317,531 $1,538,930 


60,395 
$1,502,337 


129 


4,063 








$83,451 


$46,858 


X 

y 

z 

n 
b 
c 
d 


Borrowed from State Fund, $2,763. 
" ,$1,610. 
Returned to " " ,$1,049. 
Deficit due Treasurer, $1,002. 
$5,000 from L. J. Knowles' Machine Shop 
$3,000 " 
$4,000 " 


Fund. 









In 1873. received I. Washburn Machine Shop Fund; invested same year. 



16 



Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 
Students in Attendance 



Year 


Wore. 


Wore. 

Co. 
(excl. 
City) 


Wore. 

Co. 

(incl. 

City) 


State 

Mass, 

(excl. 

Co.) 


State 
Mass. 
(incl. 
Co.) 


u. s. 

Out- 
side 
Mass. 


Out- 
side 
State 

Mass. 


Foreigrn 


Total 


1870-71 


35 


39 


74 


3 


77 


5 


5 





82 


1871-72 


25 


38 


63 


12 


75 


14 


14 





89 


1872-73 


29 


30 


59 


33 


92 


16 


16 





108 


1873-74 


40 


33 


73 


26 


99 


19 


19 





118 


1874-75 


26 


24 


60 


34 


94 


24 


24 





118 


1875-76 


26 


27 


53 


26 


79 


14 


20 


6 


99 


1876-77 


33 


22 


55 


22 


84 


17 


22 


5 


106 


1877-78 


35 


18 


53 


16 


69 


15 


18 


3 


87 


1878-79 


43 


19 


62 


12 


74 


14 


16 


2 


90 


1879-80 


43 


15 


58 


16 


74 


18 


19 


1 


93 


1880-81 


32 


18 


50 


20 


70 


28 


31 


3 


101 


1881-82 


34 


20 


54 


35 


89 


32 


33 


1 


122 


1882-83 


30 


26 


56 


34 


90 


41 


42 


1 


132 


1883-84 


31 


30 


61 


34 


95 


41 


41 





136 


1884-85 


39 


30 


69 


37 


106 


33 


36 


3 


142 


1885-86 


45 


36 


81 


34 


115 


31 


38 


7 


153 


1886-87 


82 


32 


84 


23 


107 


30 


34 


4 


141 


1887-88 


58 


35 


93 


27 


120 


33 


37 


4 


157 


1888-89 


69 


41 


110 


28 


138 


27 


30 


3 


168 


1889-90 


79 


40 


119 


23 


142 


27 


29 


2 


171 


1890-91 


91 


45 


136 


25 


161 


29 


35 


6 


196 


1891-92 


112 


57 


169 


33 


202 


34 


41 


7 


243 


1892-93 


111 


73 


184 


37 


221 


49 


58 


9 


279 


1893-94 


92 


72 


164 


34 


198 


51 


59 


8 


257 


1894-95 


74 


60 


134 


25 


159 


44 


50 


6 


209 


1895-96 


67 


48 


115 


34 


149 


46 


51 


5 


200 


1896-97 


78 


52 


130 


35 


165 


50 


56 


6 


221 


1897-98 


79 


53 


132 


34 


166 


47 


50 


4 


216 


1898-99 


88 


62 


150 


37 


187 


45 


49 


3 


236 


1899-1900 


85 


62 


147 


46 


193 


56 


60 


4 


253 


1900-01 


92 


62 


154 


53 


207 


59 


63 


4 


270 


1901-02 


79 


53 


133 


66 


199 


50 


56 


6 


254 


1902-03 


83 


44 


127 


61 


188 


52 


60 


8 


248 


1903-04 


95 


46 


141 


66 


207 


56 


65 


9 


272 


1904-05 


99 


45 


144 


93 


237 


78 


88 


10 


325 


1905-06 


111 


61 


172 


107 


279 


95 


109 


14 


388 


1906-07 


110 


63 


173 


136 


309 


117 


129 


12 


438 


1907-08 


93 


66 


159 


167 


326 


128 


139 


11 


465 


1908-09 


106 


71 


177 


154 


331 


142 


155 


13 


486 


A graphical representation of the above statistics up to and including 
the year 1904-'05, can be immediately furnished if desired. 














EDMUND A 


. ENGLER. 



% 



Sept. 29, 1908. 



17 



Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 





No, Stu. 


No. Stu. 


No. stu. 










Wor.Co. 


State 


State 






W.P.I.'s 




inch 


excl. 


incl. 


No. Stu. 


Expend 


contrib. 


Year 


City 


Co. 


Co. 


Total 


Total 


to State* 


1868-fiQ 










$14,504 




MKJxJyJ \J\J 




1869-70 










19,433 




1870-71 


74 


3 


77 


82 


17,274 


$13,947 


1871-72 


63 


12 


75 


89 


21,017 


14,504 


1872-73 


59 


33 


92 


108 


24,943 


15,952 


1873-74 


73 


26 


99 


118 


26,117 


17,279 


1874-75 


60 


34 


94 


118 


26,254 


15,562 


1875-76 


53 


26 


79 


99 


24,901 


12,385 


1876-77 


55 


22 


84 


106 


27,503 


15,843 


1877-78 


53 


16 


69 


87 


23,834 


15,306 


1878-79 


62 


12 


74 


90 


23,515 


16,114 


1879-80 


58 


16 


74 


93 


22,793 


13,730 


1880-81 


50 


20 


70 


101 


22,788 


10,750 


1881-82 


54 


35 


89 


122 


22,641 


9,304 


1882-83 


56 


34 


90 


132 


No figures 


10,000(Est.) 


1883-84 


61 


34 


95 


136 


28,148 


12,565 


1884-85 


69 


37 


106 


142 


29,774 


14,710 


1885-86 


81 


34 


115 


153 


30,487 


15,785 


1886-87 


84 


23 


107 


141 


30,656 


17,769 


1887-88 


93 


27 


120 


157 


31,376 


17,950 


1888-89 


110 


28 


138 


168 


31,293 


19,468 


1889-90 


119 


23 


142 


171 


35.128 


10,310 


1890-91 


136 


25 


161 


196 


36,857 


8,618 


1891-92 


169 


33 


202 


243 


41,608 


6,742 


1892-93 


184 


37 


221 


279 


48,114 


7,562 


1893-94 


164 


34 


198 


257 


52,219 


12,994 


1894-95 


134 


25 


159 


209 


54,960 


20,693 


1895-96 


115 


34 


149 


200 


56,560 


22,317 


1896-97 


130 


35 


165 


221 


59,916 


19,465 


1897-98 


132 


34 


166 


216 


63,615 


23,404 


1898-99 


150 


37 


187 


236 


60,214 


19,135 


1899-00 


147 


46 


193 


253 


58,262 


11,940 


1900-01 


154 


53 


207 


270 


61,988 


12,853 


1901-02 


133 


66 


199 


254 


67,936 


14,283 


1902-03 


127 


61 


188 


248 


73,892 


24,700 


1903-04 


141 


66 


207 


272 


73,264 


25,480 


1904-05 


144 


93 


237 


325 


77,087 


21,622 


1905-06 


172 


107 


279 


388 


90,345 


13,425 


1906-07 


173 


136 


309 


437 


114,275 


7,950 


1907-08 


159 


167 


326 


465 


120.331 


13,038 
575,454 


*This 


column represents for each year the sum expendec 


by the Insti- 


tute in giving instruction to 


students 


resident 


in the State 


, in excess of 


the tuitions paid by them and of the 


sum received from 


the State on 


account 


of State 


Scholarship 


)s and of 


the interest at 4 pei 


cent, on the 



$50,000 received from the State. 
October 10, 1908. 



18 









Cost 


Rec'd from 


Cost to 








per 


State, acct. 


Institute 


Year 


Expend. 


No. Stu. 


Stu. Scholarships 


acct. Schol. 


1868-69 


$14,504 






* 






1869-70 


19,433 














1870-71 


17,274 


82 


$211 


$2,000 


$2,220 


1871-72 


21,017 


89 


236 


2,000 


2,720 


1872-73 


24,943 


108 


231 


2,000 


2,620 


1873-74 


26,117 


118 


221 


2,000 


2.420 


1874-75 


26,254 


118 


223 


2,000 


2,460 


1875-76 


24,901 


116 


215 


2,000 


2,300 


1876-77 


27,503 


106 


259 


2,000 


3,180 


1877-78 


23,834 


87 


274 


2,000 


3,480 


1878-79 


23.515 


90 


261 


2,000 


3,220 


1879-80 


22,793 


93 


245 


2,000 


2,900 


1880-81 


22,788 


101 


225 


2,000 


2,500 


1881-82 


22,641 


122 


186 


2,000 


1,720 


1882-83 


No figures 


132 


No figures 2,000 


2,000 (Estimated) 


1883-84 


28,148 


136 


207 


2,000 


2,140 


1884-85 


29,774 


142 


210 


2,000 


2,200 


1885-86 


30,487 


153 


199 


2,000 


1,980 


1886-87 


30,656 


141 


217 


2,000 


2,340 


1887-88 


31,376 


157 


200 


2,000 


2,000 


1888-89 


31,293 


168 


186 


2,000 


2,720 


1889-90 


35,128 


171 


205 


2,000 


2,100 


1890-91 


36,857 


196 


188 


2,000 


1,760 


1891-92 


41,608 


243 


171 


2,000 


1,420 


1892-93 


48,114 


279 


172 


2,000 


1,440 


1893-94 


52,219 


257 


203 


2,000 


2,060 


1894-95 


54,960 


209 


263 


2,000 


3,260 


1895-96 


56,560 


200 


283 


2,000 


3,660 


1896-97 


59,916 


221 


271 


—5,000 


5,840 


1897-98 


63,615 


216 


294 


5,000 


6,760 


1898-99 


60,214 


236 


255 


5,000 


5,200 


1899-00 


58,262 


253 


230 


-8,000 


1,200 


1900-01 


61,988 


270 


229 


8,000 


1,160 


1901-02 


67,936 


254 


267 


8,000 


2,680 


1902-03 


73,892 


248 


300 


8,000 


4,000 


1903-04 


73,264 


272 


290 


8,000 


3,600 


1904-05 


77,087 


325 


256 


8,000 


2,240 95,500 


1905-06 


90,345 


388 


225 


—12,000 


3,000 (Gain) 


1906-07 


114,275 


437 


200 


12,000 


4,000 (Gain) 


1907-08 


120,331 


465 


213 


12,000 


3,480 (Gain) 



$85,020 

*This column gives for each year the sum received from the State on 
account of scholarships plus the interest at 4 per cent, on the $50,000 en- 
dowment received from the State. 

1870-71 to 1878-79. 20 State Scholarships, tuition fee, $100. 
1879-80 to 1895-96. 20 " " " " 150. 

1896-97 to date. 40 " " " " 150. 

October 10, 1908. 



OCT 28 1908 



